Author Archives: Deon Roberts, editor

When we move to a new city, we look into the public school system. We inquire about crime rates. We ask about taxes, housing costs, gasoline prices and the availability of public parks. The information in the zoning ordinance seems just as important as anything else you could know about a community. But who reads manuals?

In 2010, construction was supposed to begin on Trinity Towns, a townhome project that, if they were all built, would have featured about 60 units a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium and within walking distance of Uptown. But the project ended up being nothing more than a plan. Now, the site is being sold at a foreclosure auction set for 10:30 a.m. today.

Now that the The Point Lake and Golf Club in Mooresville is in the Trump Organization’s hands, the company plans to invest tens of millions of dollars into making it the best in North Carolina, Eric Trump said. “I think we’re going to blow some people away when they see what the course looks like after it’s done.”

This week, Donald Trump and son, Eric, were supposed to go to Mooresville to discuss possibly buying The Point Lake and Golf Club. Like The Donald’s hair, the deal has been interesting to watch, as club members fight over whether ...

My 4-year-old son is sort of obsessed with David Bowie. When he was 3, he wanted, for Halloween, to wear the pirate costume that Bowie dons in the video for “Rebel Rebel.” Much to my wife’s relief, my son settled ...

Daniel Levine and his family can’t seem to resist the pull of Monroe Road. He developed McAlpine Business Park on Monroe Road, the Galleria shopping center at Galleria at Sardis and Monroe roads and, nearby, Galleria Village Apartments. Monroe Road’s ...

Winter isn’t feeling very wintery in much of the U.S., and the warm temperatures are putting people in a panic.
For example, in Ohio, up around Lake Erie, the ice fishing industry is still waiting for some ice and, in the meantime, losing money.